Tama Art University

Tama Art University (多摩美術大学, Tama bijutsu daigaku) or Tamabi (多摩美) is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.

History

The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.

Campus

• Hachioji Campus (Hachioji city, Tokyo)
• Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design (most of the departments are located on this campus)
• Kaminoge Campus (Kaminoge, Setagaya-ward, Tokyo)

Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design (Department of Integrated Design and Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance)

• Seminar House
• Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House (Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi)
• Nara Antiquities Seminar House (Nara city, Nara)

Academics

Faculty of Art and Design

• Department of Painting
• Japanese Painting Course
• Oil Painting Course
• Graphic Arts Course
• Department of Sculpture
• Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works
• Ceramic Program
• Glass Program
• Metal Program
• Department of Graphic Design
• Department of Product and Textile Design
• Product Design Course
• Textile Design Course
• Department of Architecture and Environmental Design
• Architecture Design
• Interior Design
• Landscape Design
• Department of Information Design
• Art and Media Course
• Interaction Design Course
• Department of Art Science
• Department of Integrated Design
• Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance
• Scenography Design Course
• Drama and Dance Course

Graduate School of Art and Design

• Master's Degree Course
• Experimental Workshop (EWS)
• Doctoral Degree Course

Research institutes and facilities

Tama Art University Library

FabLab (beta)

International joint projects

Pacific Rim Project

Since 2006, students from both Tama Art University and Art Center College of Design who study in the field of design have collaborated on the Pacific Rim Project. The Pacific Rim Project focuses on global issues such as environmental protection, natural disasters and related topics over the course of a 14-week program. The Project is based on collaborative research, the results of which are summarized and shared via public exhibits.

List of presidents

• Reikichi Kita
• Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947
• Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968
• Ishida Eiichirō, April – November 1968
• Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970
• Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975
• Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987
• Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999
• Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003
• Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007
• Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011
• Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015
• Akira Tatehata, 2015–

Cooperation with other institutions in Japan

ARTSAT Project

University of Tokyo

Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)

• Joshibi University of Art and Design
• Musashino Art University
• Nihon University College of Art
• Tama Art University
• Tokyo Zokei University

Art Universities Liaison Council

• Joshibi University of Art and Design
• Musashino Art University
• Nihon University College of Art
• Tama Art University
• Tokyo University of the Arts
• Tokyo Zokei University

Comprehensive joint agreement

• Waseda University
• Showa University
• Tokyo City University

Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)

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Regional collaborative projects

• Tama Rivers
• Sagamachi Consortium
• Hachioji Academic City University "Icho-juku"
• University/High School Collaboration Lectures
• Community gallery "Tamabiba"
• Art Laboratory Hashimoto

Art events/exhibitions

• Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial
• TAMAVIVANT
• CPUE : Curatorial Practice in the Urban Environment
• Tokyo Art Flow

Alumni association

The Alumni Association of Tama Art University

Publications

• TAMABI NEWS Archived August 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
• tonATELIER
• tamabi.tv
• OpenCourseWare
• R

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